ambrosia

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English - Turkish
çok lezzetli yiyecek içecek
leziz şey
{i} tadı ve kokusu güzel şey
{i} ölümsüzlük yemeği [mit.]
tanrıların yiyecek
{i} çok lezzetli yemek
{i} tanrı yemeği [mit.]
Yunan tanrılarının ölümsüzlük veren yemekleri
çok lezzetli yiyecek veya içki
ölümsüzlük yemeği
tanrı yemeği
English - English
A brand of tinned milk puddings, especially a creamed rice pudding
A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance
The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality
{n} a plant, the feigned food of the gods
Traditionaly known as the food of the gods They ate ambrosia and drank nectar The word ambrosia means immortal
The name is somtimes applied to certain beverages (2) A traditional Christmas dish in many Southern homes, where the dessert is served in the best cut-glass bowl from the sideboard It usually consists of chilled fruit (usually oranges and bananas) mixed with coconut History - In Greek mythology, this was a balsamic juice which served as the "food of the gods" and was said to preserve their immortality Mortals that were permitted to partake of ambrosia received additional beauty, strength, and swiftness (becoming in some measure akin to the gods) Ambrosia has been around a long time In the ancient days, the gods ate ambrosia because they thought it was a magical substance and kept them immortal Without it a god became weak A human who ate it became strong and immortal
"Ambrosia" means "immortality" and was the food of the gods on Mount Olympus Today, it refers to a dessert of chilled fruit mixed with coconut The fruits used are normally oranges and bananas
(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
A dessert of chilled fruits combined with coconut Oranges and bananas are the most common fruits used Ambrosia may also be served as a salad
any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
An unguent of the gods
The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidæ believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows
In Greek mythology, ambrosia is the food of the gods. food or drink that tastes very good (, from ambrotos )
{i} legendary food of the gods (Greek Mythology); something that has a wonderful taste or smell; dessert made of fruits and coconut; genus of hermaphroditic composite herbs that includes ragweeds
(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell
a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc
The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it
Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now Bot

Related Terms

ambrosia beetle
A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia
ambrosial
Worthy of the gods
ambrosial
divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious
ambrosial
{a} delicious, fragrant
Ambrosial
extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food"
Ambrosial
ambrosian
ambrosial
Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious
ambrosial
worthy of the gods extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food
ambrosial
Succulently sweet or fragrant
ambrosial
{s} having a wonderful taste or smell; divine, fit for the gods
ambrosial
Divinely excellent or beautiful
genus ambrosia
comprising the ragweeds; in some classification considered the type genus of a separate family Ambrosiaceae
ambrosia

    Hyphenation

    am·bro·sia

    Turkish pronunciation

    ämbrōjı

    Pronunciation

    /amˈbrōᴢʜə/ /æmˈbroʊʒə/

    Etymology

    () From Latin ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosia, “immortality”), from ἄμβροτος (ambrotos, “immortal”), from ἀ- (“not”) + βροτός (brotos, “mortal”).
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